Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini: No midrange slouch (hands-on) ) If Samsung's Galaxy S4 is more phone than you think you need, the electronics giant has just offered up the smaller, more midrange -- and surely cheaper -- Galaxy S4 Mini. Like a decaffeinated beverage, Samsung is hoping to give its lighter smartphone much of the same S4 taste with just...

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Car Tech's guide to using your Android phone in the car Your phone is a hub for your music and entertainment, GPS navigation, and communications with your friends, family, and social circles. You've got your apps for streaming music and podcasts from the Web, apps for picking a place to eat or finding the lowest fuel prices around,...

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Sony may unveil new smartwatch next week Sony seems to be timing the launch of a new smartwatch for next week. A series of tweets posted by the company's Xperia account have laid a trail of breadcrumbs pointing to the debut of a new watch at the Mobile Asia Expo 2013 trade show, which runs from June 26 to 28....

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Google doodle throws wild rumpus for Maurice Sendak Let the wild rumpus start! Beloved children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak gets the Google doodle treatment today on what would have been his 85th birthday. Sendak has been a childhood touchstone for generations, rising to widespread acclaim with his 1963 book "Where the Wild Things Are" and continuing to...

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Apple now has all major labels on board for Apple Radio launch After more than year of off-and-on negotiations, Apple has now reached deals with all three major music labels, making it increasingly likely that Apple will unveil its free Internet radio service at next week's WWDC event. The latest deal is with Sony Music, according to industry sources...

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Features and fixes I want to see in Mac OS X 10.9 Apple's World Wide Developers Conference starts on Monday, and while the main focus appears to be on updates to iOS (read my iOS 7 wish list here) and various Mac hardware, it's highly likely we'll get an update for Mac OS X 10.9 as well. At...

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QuietComfort 20: Hands-on with Bose's first noise-canceling in-ear headphones Bose has been a go-to choice for noise-canceling headphones since the company's original QuietComfort headphones debuted in 2000. But even as the design has moved from over-the-ear (QC3) to on-ear (QC15), they've remained full-size models -- reasonably travel-friendly, but still somewhat bulky if you're crammed into a coach seat....

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